U.S. to vets tortured by Iraq: Quit your whinin. You get nada Politics/ Iraq/ Ruling Class
The Justice Department has filed to keep Americans from collecting money awarded them in lawsuits brought against Iraq for acts of torture against them during the first Gulf War. Apparently, and this is probably just my cynical soul speaking here, the soldiers have not made large enough campaign contributions to assure getting a piece of the Iraqi war booty.